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As per the decision taken by the Government of India, now the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is extended to all the districts of India. This means it will now be applicable to about.
A
200 districts
B
300 districts
C
400 districts
D
600 districts
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus NREGA covers the entire country with the exception of districts that have a hundred percent urban population.

Detailed explanation-2: -A. The Indian Parliament passed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on 23rd August 2005. 5.

Detailed explanation-3: -NREGA: Objective The Act provides a legal Guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work at the minimum wage rate notified for agricultural labour prescribed in the State or else an unemployment allowance.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Government of India passed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 in September, 2005. The Act gives legal guarantee of a hundred days of wage employment in a financial year to adult members of a rural household who demand employment and are willing to do unskilled manual work.

Detailed explanation-5: -The MGNREGA was initiated with the objective of “enhancing livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year, to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work”.

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